| Second Battle of Massawa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Eritrean War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 EPLF |
 Ethiopia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Petros Solomon |
Teshome Tessema † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 25,000 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 killed |
9,000 killed 8,000 captured | ||||||
The Second Battle of Massawa (also known as Operation Fenkil and as the Fenkil offensive) took place in 1990 in and around the coastal city of Massawa. The offensive was conducted by both land and sea units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) against the Ethiopian Army and resulted in the destruction of the Ethiopian 606th Corps.